Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's freestyle 55 kg

Women's freestyle 55 kg at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venue	Ano Liossia Olympic Hall
Date	22–23 August
Competitors	12 from 12 nations
Medalists
Saori Yoshida   Japan   Tonya Verbeek   Canada   Anna Gomis   France

Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Freestyle			Greco-Roman
	55 kg			55 kg
	60 kg			60 kg
	66 kg			66 kg
	74 kg			74 kg
	84 kg			84 kg
	96 kg			96 kg
	120 kg			120 kg
Women
	48 kg			63 kg
	55 kg			72 kg

The women's freestyle 55 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics as part of the wrestling program were held at the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall, August 22 to August 23.

The competition held with an elimination system of three or four wrestlers in each pool, with the winners qualify for the semifinals and final by way of direct elimination.

Schedule

All times are Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00)

Date	Time	Event
22 August 2004	09:30	Round 1
	17:30	Round 2
	17:30	Round 3
23 August 2004	09:30	Semifinals
	17:30	Finals

Results

Legend

• EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified
• E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules
• EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules
• EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules
• PA — Injury default
• PO — Victory by points, the loser without technical points
• PP — Victory by points, the loser with technical points
• SP — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser with points
• ST — Technical superiority, 10 points difference, the loser without points
• TO — Victory by fall
• CP — Classification points
• TP — Technical points

Elimination pools

Pool 1

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Tonya Verbeek (CAN)	2	2	0	8	24
Tela O'Donnell (USA)	2	1	1	5	3
Olga Smirnova (RUS)	2	0	2	1	8

	Score		CP
Tela O'Donnell (USA)	2–5	Olga Smirnova (RUS)	4–0 TO
Tonya Verbeek (CAN)	11–1	Tela O'Donnell (USA)	4–1 SP
Olga Smirnova (RUS)	3–13	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)	1–4 SP

Pool 2

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)	2	1	1	5	6
Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	2	1	1	4	4
Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	2	1	1	3	4

	Score		CP
Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	4–2	Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)	3–1 PP
Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	4–0	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)	4–0 TO
Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)	4–0	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)	4–0 TO

Pool 3

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Saori Yoshida (JPN)	2	2	0	8	21
Sun Dongmei (CHN)	2	1	1	3	4
Diletta Giampiccolo (ITA)	2	0	2	1	2

	Score		CP
Sun Dongmei (CHN)	4–2	Diletta Giampiccolo (ITA)	3–1 PP
Saori Yoshida (JPN)	11–0	Sun Dongmei (CHN)	4–0 ST
Diletta Giampiccolo (ITA)	0–10	Saori Yoshida (JPN)	0–4 ST

Pool 4

Athlete	Pld	W	L	CP	TP
Anna Gomis (FRA)	2	2	0	7	15
Lee Na-lae (KOR)	2	1	1	5	5
Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	2	0	2	0	2

	Score		CP
Anna Gomis (FRA)	5–2	Lee Na-lae (KOR)	3–1 PP
Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	0–10	Anna Gomis (FRA)	0–4 ST
Lee Na-lae (KOR)	3–2	Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)	4–0 TO

Knockout round

	Qualification 5–6					5th place match
	Tela O'Donnell (USA)		7
	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)		10			Mabel Fonseca (PUR)		8
	Sun Dongmei (CHN)		4			Sun Dongmei (CHN)		6
	Lee Na-lae (KOR)		3

	Semifinals					Gold medal match
	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		3
	Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)		1			Tonya Verbeek (CAN)		0
	Saori Yoshida (JPN)		7			Saori Yoshida (JPN)		6
	Anna Gomis (FRA)		6
						Bronze medal match
						Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)		0
						Anna Gomis (FRA)		6

Final standing

Rank	Athlete
	Saori Yoshida (JPN)
	Tonya Verbeek (CAN)
	Anna Gomis (FRA)
4	Ida-Theres Karlsson (SWE)
5	Sun Dongmei (CHN)
6	Tela O'Donnell (USA)
7	Lee Na-lae (KOR)
8	Tetyana Lazareva (UKR)
9	Olga Smirnova (RUS)
10	Diletta Giampiccolo (ITA)
11	Sofia Poumpouridou (GRE)
DQ	Mabel Fonseca (PUR)

• Mabel Fonseca of Puerto Rico originally placed 5th, but was disqualified after she tested positive for Stanozolol.^[1]

References

1. "IOC sanctions wrestler Mabel Fonseca and weightlifter Ferenc Gyurkovics". olympic.org. 28 August 2004. Retrieved 30 March 2012.

• Official Report